Georgia Trail Riders Forum
MEMBERS DISCUSSION AREA => General Discussion => Topic started by: GusaGus on January 02, 2011, 12:44:24 PM
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i know this has been a long time coming, but i jsut havn't had much time in the past few months. all this happen at gatrfest.
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Forgot to add the clutch and axle ujoint. Still had a great time
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Not fixed yet?
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not fixed yet, but i'm finally working on it. the past couple months have been a bitch at work. 12 hour days 6 and 7 days a week. everything should be back to normal now so it's all about the weather. pulled some of the broken parts out today and need to look into the price of a sheet of 1/4" and some tubeing, and and some new joints, looking at a 3 link long arm setup, and a new skid.
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LOL, "Mike, I think something is hanging down under your Jeep, ah, its just your upper control arms".
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for not having any upper control arms it still moved pretty good, managed to drive it back to camp, up on the trailer, and in and out of the garage a few times. i think i was more ticked that it took out my air line when it snapped the uppers.
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i remember sitting a couple jeeps behind you hearing the air line bust and we all thought that was the only problem...well, side from mike being behind the wheel. {toast}
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i remember sitting a couple jeeps behind you hearing the air line bust and we all thought that was the only problem...well, side from mike being behind the wheel. {toast}
just an air line would have been great, and the way it broke it's an easy fix. i could have had it fixed on the trail, but those upper control arms are a different story.
managed to get it mostly torn down last night, just trying to decide how i'm going to re-build it. would like to get it back to a road wothy state, but want to make it more trail worthy at the same time. looking at a long arm setup like claytons.
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you have all the tools, why dont you just build your own LA set up for half the price? {toast}
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that's the plan, just plan to copy claytons design
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joints are on order...need steel and tubeing now
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joints are on order...need steel and tubeing now
Will's home made L/A's work great, maybe he could give you a few measurements and/or pictures. {toast} You got a week and a half to get it done before MM ride, time to get jiggy with it.
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What joints did you get? I did a lot of reading and decided to go with heim's. Let me know when the fab day is.
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ended up getting currie johny joints, and some rubber type to isolate viberations, thought about going full bore and putting joints at all attachment points, but i would like to get this thing back to driving back and forth to work every once in a while.
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Those pics make me want a onboard welder... Well, I guess I should concentrate on getting the front axle in mine first.
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Those pics make me want a onboard welder... Well, I guess I should concentrate on getting the front axle in mine first.
i'm not sure an on-board welder would have helped that evening, plus those were the thin stock control arms that snapped. before i went out i pretty much knew they were going to fail, they already were pretty mangled up. will be taking care of that though just ordered up some steel, should be picking it up tomorrow, 4x8 1/4" sheet, and some 2x2 1/4" square tubing.
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Going with square tubing for your arms?
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yep, should be cheaper then DOM, at 65.00 a stick, and i have would have to order and wait for DOM.
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yep, should be cheaper then DOM, at 65.00 a stick, and i have would have to order and wait for DOM.
once i get working on this i'll start up a build thread in projects. finaly get to put my plasma table to work on this on.
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yep, should be cheaper then DOM, at 65.00 a stick, and i have would have to order and wait for DOM.
Where are you getting it for 65? is it a Military discount? Can you buy me some? Have you priced the square adapters? I ordered 14 :'( :'( :'( :'(
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yep, should be cheaper then DOM, at 65.00 a stick, and i have would have to order and wait for DOM.
Where are you getting it for 65? is it a Military discount? Can you buy me some? Have you priced the square adapters? I ordered 14 :'( :'( :'( :'(
65.00 for a 20' stick is what i was quoted this morning, all they had in stock was one stick, and no that wasn't a military discount.
195.00 for a 4x8 sheet of hot rolled 1/4", i asked for a cold rolled quote but the guy never got back to me.
this was at jones welding off houston lake, close to watson blvd
did you order the tube adapters from clayton? that's where i got mine from, wish we knew someone with a lath, looks to simple to make if we had the tools.
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Mine came from ballistic.
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Dang 8.00 is cheap
http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/125-Square-tube-adapter_p_1557.html
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8.00 is a little bit cheaper, but damn those look beefier then claytons.